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The 2 mile (3,520 yards, [1] 10,560 feet, or exactly 3,218.688 metres) is a historic running distance. Like the mile run , it is still contested at some invitational meets due its historical chronology in the United States and United Kingdom .
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Thomas set a new world record (13:10.6) for three miles at Santry, Ireland on 9 July 1958. [3] He returned to Santry later that summer. On 6 August, he was the pacemaker in Herb Elliott's mile world record of 3:54.5; he had enough strength left to finish the race in 3:58.6, his first four-minute mile.
Sylvia Miles (née Scheinwald; [1] September 9, 1924 – June 12, 2019) was an American actress. She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Farewell, My Lovely (1975).
Lukas Verzbicas (born Lukas Veržbickas [2], January 6, 1993 in Kaunas, Lithuania) is an American triathlete. [3] Once a prominent high school track and cross country runner, Verzbicas set the U.S. high school national record in the two mile with a time of 8:29.46, in June 2011 after graduating from high school the month prior.
Biography is the earliest literary genre in history. According to Egyptologist Miriam Lichtheim, writing took its first steps toward literature in the context of the private tomb funerary inscriptions. These were commemorative biographical texts recounting the careers of deceased high royal officials. [2]
Charles Minthorn Murphy (October 1870 – February 16, 1950), also known as Mile-a-Minute Murphy, was an American cycling athlete. [1] He was the first man ever to ride a bicycle for one mile in less than a minute.
[2] [3] Louisa had five siblings, and was known within her family as Lou. [4] She would later change her name to Louise at some point in the early 1960s. [5] On 6 February 1939, she married Ronald (Ron) Charles Miles (1914 – 1986), a Christchurch garage attendant. [6] Ronald was the son of Christchurch carter Charles and Georgina Miles (née ...